Diversity Week

A week to be conscious of diversity through "knowing", "experience" and "connecting".

During the third Diversity Week, a variety of events will be held for students, faculty and staff to provide an opportunity to re-examine diversity, covering themes such as global issues, disability support, gender and the work environment.

How it's done	Face-to-face format
Date and Time	November 20th (Monday) to 24th (Friday), 2023
Target Audience	Students, faculty and staff of this university
Participation Fee	free
Organizer	Chiba University of Commerce Diversity Promotion Committee

program

〇Disability support

We will be holding a trial session and symposium on the theme of "Meeting, learning, and connecting to the future through parasports."

[Experience Event] Parasports Experience Event (Bread Sales Available)

Prior to the symposium, we will hold a parasports experience session. On the day of the symposium, we will also hold a bread sale by "Fuwa Fuwa Bakery", which participated in Diversity Week 2022.

Date and Time	Monday, November 20th 12:45-13:30
venue	The University HUB, basement floor 1
cooperation	Social Welfare Corporation Sunwork

[Symposium] Discover, learn, and connect with the future through parasports

We will invite Director Tsuzuki from the NPO Origami to give a lecture on the activities of the para-travel program that our students also participate in. In addition, students from the School of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences' active learning program "Yume Tabi KAIGO!" will give a presentation on the boccia tournament held at the market, and there will be a discussion on how people can meet, understand, and connect through parasports, transcending the boundaries of whether they have a disability or not, and whether they support or receive support.

Date and Time	Monday, November 20th 13:30-15:15
venue	The University HUB, basement floor 1
Lecturer	Masanori Tsuzuki (Director of NPO Origami)

Global

[Cross-cultural experience] Word Tour in CUC

Through a simulated overseas travel experience, students will look at the world, and through interactions with international students, they will become aware of diversity and deepen their understanding of it.

Date and Time	November 21 (Tue) 12:00-13:30
venue	CUC International Square Square
Event Details	International students and students participating in overseas training will set up booths from six countries to introduce their countries. Visitors can enjoy walking around the booths, answering quizzes, and sampling local specialties and sweets, all in a simulated world travel experience. [Countries planning to exhibit] Vietnam, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Scotland, Australia

Gender

[Workshop] Disaster prevention and mitigation from a gender perspective & disaster prevention card game

We will think together about disaster prevention and mitigation measures to protect ourselves from disasters from a gender perspective, and update our disaster prevention knowledge using a disaster prevention card game.

Date and Time	November 22 (Wednesday) 13:30-14:30
venue	Building 4, Room 414
Lecturer	Masaki Kobayashi (CEO of Sanwa Shoji Co., Ltd.)

Thinking about diversity. [Collaboration exhibition] "The reality of transgender people" x "Recommended books from the affiliated Library"

Work environment

[Lecture] Let's think about the "unconscious biases" around us. ~To become a university that is chosen~

"Unconscious bias" refers to distortions and biases in the way we see and perceive things that we are unaware of. On the day, we will talk about the relationship between gender gaps and unconscious bias at universities, and examples of initiatives at other universities. In the workshop, we will think together about "unconscious bias" that exists at universities and in everyday life.

Date and Time	Friday, November 24th 13:30-15:15
venue	The University HUB 3rd floor H31 classroom
Lecturer	Miwa Koyasu (CEO of Will Lab Inc. / Expert member of the Cabinet Office Gender Equality Promotion Liaison Council)

Concurrent Events

〇Think about diversity.

[Collaboration Exhibition] "The Reality of Transgender" x "Recommended Books from the Affiliated Library"

The attached Library will host a panel exhibition of "The Reality of Being Transgender," a booklet that compiles frequently asked questions and life stories from transgender people, as well as an exhibition of recommended books on the themes of "Disability Support," "Global (Multicultural Coexistence)," "Gender," and "Workplace Environment."

[Date and time] November 13th (Monday) to November 30th (Thursday)
[Venue] Multipurpose space on the first floor of the affiliated Library